Traffic World articles from December 2005

Traffic World archives from December 2005

Intermodally yours.(Editorial)
December 5, 2005... To see the heart of the transportation's industry growing love affair with intermodalism, you have to leave where the soft Pacific Ocean breeze touches the California coastline and head for the hills, to where the Santa Ana winds whip down from...

John F. Kennedy International Airport.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York was the top international freight gateway when ranked by value in 2004, unseating the Port of Los Angeles, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics said last month. JFK handled $52.7 billion...

International air freight.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... International air freight in North America and Europe fell in October as growth in global air shipping weakened, expanding 1.1 percent over the same month a year ago. October's growth was slower than the year-to-date trend of 2.6 percent,...

Durable christmas.(THIS WEEK)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... The economy got a boost with a larger-than-expected jump in new orders of durable goods and robust start to the holiday shopping season, signs that the economy is shaking off the negative impacts of this year's devastating hurricanes. The...

"The cycle lives; it's not going away.".(This Week)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... Technology groups are forecasting strong steady annual growth in semiconductor shipments in the next few years, a shift for a key expedited shipping commodity long marked by the wild swings of boom-or-bust cycles. Forecasts from the...

Driving logistics changes: restructuring at GM caps upheaval in automotive supply chains.(Cover Story)
December 5, 2005... The overhaul of automobile manufacturing in the United States is rolling over supply chains, with logistics providers bracing for the impact of an industrial realignment that will reverberate across transportation networks. General Motors'...

NTSB wants safety switch.
December 5, 2005... Sayingthe fatal rail accident in Graniteville, S.C., raises new concerns about safety in railroad switching, the National Transportation Safety Board says stronger safeguards are needed rather than the current patchwork of internal industry and...

USPS seeks HOS out: Postal service says HOS rules would force it to add drivers, change scheduled operations.(U.S. Postal Service)(Hours Of Service )
December 5, 2005... Just in time for the holiday season, the U.S. Postal Service is asking for an out from the hours of service rules for truck drivers. As a government agency, the Postal Service is exempt from HOS rules, but its contractors are not. The agency...

NTSB site provides updates on foreign investigations.(National Transportation Safety Board)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... Best known for its work investigating transportation accidents in the United States, the National Transportation Safety Board recently created a page on its Web site to provide information on its ongoing foreign investigations. NTSB, which...

Shippers push the envelope.(Government & Regulation)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... A fight that pits parcel shippers against letter mailers is expected to push the latest congressional postal reform effort into 2006. In a strong letter backing Postal Service efforts to get more pricing freedom, USPS Senior Vice President...

NASSTRAC seeks truckload shippers.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... Two years after one major shipper organization began admitting carriers as full members, another shipper group is taking a different course to broaden its membership. NASSTRAC, established more than 50 years ago to represent companies that...

Postal advisory group goes on its own.(U.S. Postal Service's sponsorship)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... As it ponders expanding its membership to foreign postal services and, perhaps. integrators, a postal advisory group is now on its own rather than under the U.S. Postal Service's sponsorship. The Intemational Mailers' Advisory Group is now...

U.S.-Canada bridge adds truck lane.(Government & Regulation)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... The fourth-busiest U.S.-Canada border crossing has more capacity. The Queenston-Lewiston Bridge connecting Ontario and New York opened a fifth lane, dedicated to trucks, in late November. The lane will be primarily used for trucks moving...

Clearly, outsourcing: international says collaboration helped it outsource and gain greater control, visibility into global trade.(Logistics & Technology)
December 5, 2005... Outsourcing is a balancing act. In exchange for supply chain services and cost savings, a shipper usually gives up some control over logistics processes and loses some visibility into how they work. But some shippers are finding they can have...

Collaborating with RFID allies: military planners extend supply chain collaboration to allies with Savi's shipment management system.(Logistics & Technology)
December 5, 2005... Radio frequency identification developer Savi Technology claims to have bridged the "visibility gap" separating multinational military supply chains. Allied defense forces engaged in joint deployments will be able to leverage each other's...

Consumers seek shipping choice, tracking.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... "If you deliver, they'll come back," is the rule for online retailing, a survey conducted for UPS concluded, Successful fulfillment and delivery of Internet shoppers' orders is highly influential in building repeat business, with shoppers...

Kuehne + Nagel seals German logistics deal.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... The Kuehne + Nagel Group signed a long-term logistics contract with Busak+Shamban Deutschland, a manufacturer of polymer seals and sealing systems in Stuttgart, Germany. Under the contract, Kuehne + Nagel will handle the warehousing and...

A hazardous business: rising hazmat costs squeeze truckers, shippers; carriers ask DOT, TSA for tighter definition of 'hazardous' freight.(Special Report: HAZMAT SHIPPING)
December 5, 2005... The connection between the price of a can of hairspray and the threat terrorist attacks may not be obvious, but innocuous as it may seem, hairspray is a hazardous material, one of hundreds subject to increasingly costly federal transportation...

Hazmat hits rerouting hazards: cities may not wait for resolution in Washington before trying to reroute their own hazmat trains.(Special Report: HAZMAT SHIPPING)
December 5, 2005... Between rail cars loaded with chlorine coming through their cities and a lawsuit moving on a separate track in Washington, D.C., local officials around the country may have plenty of incentive to act on regulating hazardous materials transport....

Explosive changes: PHMSA proposes changes to rules on explosives as chemical shippers challenge HM-223 rule.(Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration)
December 5, 2005... An effort to write a new federal rule governing transportation of the most hazardous materials has hazmat shippers worried. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration is asking shippers, carriers and anyone else who cares to weigh...

Central shedding weight: troubled LTL carrier closes seven terminals as it considers buyout offer from Swift's Moyes.(Transportation: Trucking)
December 5, 2005... With bankruptcy a looming possibility, Central Freight Lines is trying again to shore up its finances by shedding terminals. The Waco, Texas-based regional LTL carrier in recent weeks closed seven terminals, or about 10 percent of its...

Potter promoted to Con-Way now president.(Con-Way Transportation Services appoints Michelle M. Potter)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... Con-Way Transportation Services named Michelle M. Potter president of Con-Way Now, the company's Ann Arbor, Mich.-based ground expedited unit. Potter replaces J. Edwin Conaway, who has been named vice president of sales of the parent company....

No rest for HOS: IIHS study claims longer breaks don't compensate for longer driving time allowed under new work rules.(Hours Of Service )(Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)
December 5, 2005... The new hours of service rules were introduced to fight fatigue, but truckers are as tired as ever, despite longer rest breaks, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says. In a two-year study involving more than 1,000 truck drivers,...

Zollars sells $5.6 million in Yellow Roadway stock.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... Yellow Roadway Chairman, President and CEO Bill Zollars sold $5.6 million worth of shares in the company, according to a federal filing. On Nov. 22, Zollars sold 117,860 shares at about $48 per share. He acquired the shares through the...

TIA approves model broker-carrier contract.(Transportation Intermediaries Association )(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... The Transportation Intermediaries Association approved a model broker-carrier contract covering agreements between the two parties. The document has been submitted to the American Trucking Associations for its "hopeful endorsement," TIA said....

Saia relocates Tennessee terminal.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... LTL carrier Saia relocated its Nashville, Tenn.-area terminal to a larger facility because of growth in the region, the company said last month. The new terminal at 1625 Corporate Place La Vergne, Tenn., has 116 doors, 50 more than the...

Short lines get on track: BNSF line purchase opens up capacity for short lines, grain shippers in South Dakota.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)
December 5, 2005... South Dakota grain producers and their customers stand to reap big benefits from new shipping options following BNSF Railway's purchase of a state-owned rail line, opening it up to short line railroads. BNSF bought the 368-mile Core line,...

Pacer pushing intermodal. Bailey, Mettra tapped to lead expansion of intermodal services at Stacktrain.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)
December 5, 2005... Pacer International, North America's largest non-railroad provider of intermodal transportation, is expanding service at its double-stack subsidiary Pacer Stacktrain to gain leverage in a market that's on track to having another record year....

Operation Lifesaver rebrands.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... Operation Lifesaver, a non-profit rail safety education group created to improve driver and pedestrian safety around tracks and trains, launched a new website designed to attract a wider audience. "We reevaluated our website and rebuilt it...

BSNF sells New Mexico rail line.(Mexico Department of Transportation )(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... BNSF Railway agreed last month to sell a 300-mile rail line to the New Mexico Department of Transportation for $76 million to create a commuter rail line. The sale of the line between Belen, Mexico, and Trinidad, Colorado, will be closed...

Flying beyond China: cargo and combination air carriers alike are spreading to India's growing economy.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)
December 5, 2005... Therebe lot of senior airmust line cargo executives who have had curry in recent weeks. The moves by express carriers such as FedEx and a host of international freight airlines suggest many are taking a new look at the world's latest boom...

DHL is rating improvement: carrier plans rate hike after service hit and shippers leave amid hub problems.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)
December 5, 2005... DHL says it will raise its express prices in the United States from 2 to 8 percent in 2006, but customers are making clear that the carrier will also have to raise its service levels to compete with UPS and FedEx. DHL disclosed its plan on...

Crossroads for Gulfport: Mississippi port mulls expansion while rebuilding shattered facilities, restoring ruptured services.(Transportation: Maritime)
December 5, 2005... While much of the national media has been focused on the drowned city of New Orleans, reports from the Mississippi Gulf Coast have been few and far between. The devastation from Waveland, Miss., to Pascagoula, Miss., is of a different kind...

Analyst: spread out capacity: shipping expert says carriers must actively manage introduction of new, larger post-Panamax ships.(Transportation: Maritime)
December 5, 2005... Global container lines can avoid a potentially serious decline in rates if they are able to spread out their planned surge in new capacity among many trade lanes, a leading liner shipping analyst said. If too much capacity is deployed in...

Zim to launch service from Wilmington, N.C.(Zim Integrated Shipping Services )(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... Zim Integrated Shipping Services will begin eastern and western Mediterranean service from the Port of Wilmington, N.C. The Zim Asia/USA Express Service (AUX) offers a weekly all-water service to and from North China out of Wilmington. The...

L.A. hits record for U.S. ports in October.(Transportation: Maritime)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... California's ports reported strong cargo volume in October, although the month's peak was not as high as ports and shipping lines had hoped for. The Port of Los Angeles had its strongest month ever in October, becoming the first U.S. hub...

Corpus Christi kicks off Central American service.(Transportation: Maritime)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... The Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, received its first major shipment of melons from Guatemala, marking the kickoff of a new Central American service. Frontera Produce of Edinburg, Texas, plans to import about 2,400 tons of cantaloupes and...

CellStar.(appoints Keith D. Paul)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... CellStar, a logistics provider to the wireless industry, named Keith D. Paul vice president of supply chain operations for North America. Paul had been at Siemens Communications for nine years, most recently as vice president of supply chain...

BDP International.(appoints Ronald Young )(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... BDP International, Philadelphia, a freight logistics/transportation services firm, named Ronald Young vice president of its Latin America region, based in Miami. Young has nearly 40 years of experience in international transportation, the last...

Virgin Atlantic Cargo.(appoints James Williams )(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... Virgin Atlantic Cargo rehired James Williams to the new position of head of Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong. Williams previously worked for VAC in its cargo commercial department in London for more than four years. Prior to that he served more...

John S. Connor, Glen Burnie, Md., appointed Pinda Ndaki IT manager.(People)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... John S. Connor, Glen Burnie, Md., appointed Pinda Ndaki IT manager. Ndaki has extensive experience in the information technology field, most recently as data center senior administrator with the University of Maryland at College Park. Prior to...

Western Fuels Association.(People)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... Western Fuels Association appointed Steve Read vice president of business development. Read will be responsible for marketing the association's broad range of services to Western Fuels' existing Class C members. He has more than 15 years...

UPM Rafsec.(appoints Didier Monchot )(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... UPM Rafsec, the Finnish maker of RFID tags and inlays, named Didier Monchot to area sales manager, South Europe. He is based in Nancy, France, where he has been working since 1995 for UPM Rafsec's sister company Raflatac.

The French Transport and Logistics Federation.(People)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... The French Transport and Logistics Federation presented Marie-Christine Lombard, group managing director of TNT Express, the National Order of the Legion of Honor. The award recognizes her role as one of the few women to lead a global group of...

OAG Worldwide.(appoints Mike Navin )(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... OAG Worldwide named Mike Navin director of its cargo services division, a unit aimed at technology services for the air cargo business. Based in the United Kingdom, the air freight industry veteran is former global program director of air...

Navesink.(appoints Alan Montgomery)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... Navesink, Middletown, N.J., named Alan Montgomery a senior executive recruiter in its supply chain industry recruiting practice. With nearly 35 years' experience in transport and logistics, Montgomery was most recently global leader of...

Con-Way Transportation Services.(appoints I. Edwin Conaway)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... Con-Way Transportation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich., named I. Edwin "Ed" Conaway, a 22-year transportation veteran, to the position of vice president of sales. Conaway has been with Con-Way or its subsidiaries since 1987.

ABF Freight System.(promotions)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... ABF Freight System, Fort Smith, Ark., promoted three to senior vice president positions. Chris Baltz, a 16-year company veteran, was named senior vice president of yield management and strategic development. Baltz had been vice president of...

The Material Handling Industry of America's Education Foundation.(appoints George Prest)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... The Material Handling Industry of America's Education Foundation elected George Prest, president of Prest Rack, as its president for the 2006-2007 term.

ASIG.(appoints Gene Roy )(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... ASIG, Orlando, Fla., named Gene Roy vice president of sales and customer service at the aviation ground services company. A 25-year company veteran, Roy had been a regional vice president of operations. The company also named David ReDavid vice...

American Commercial Lines.(promotions)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... American Commercial Lines, Jeffersonville, Ind., promoted two maritime industry veterans to the positions of vice president. Paul Book, a 28-year company veteran, was named vice president of barge maintenance. Book has worked in various...

TW calendar.(Calendar)
December 5, 2005... DECEMBER 5. International Trade Data Conference (International Trade Data Users), Washington. www.itdu.org. 5-6. 3rd World Mail & Express Americas Conference & Exhibition (Triangle Management Services), Miami. +44 (0) 870 950 7900 or...

National & regional averages: November 28, 2005.(DOE Diesel Price Index)(Illustration)
December 5, 2005... National & Regional Averages: November 28, 2005 United States $2.479 East Coast $2.467 Midwest $2.442 Gulf Coast $2.456 Rocky Mountain $2.591 West Coast $2.617 Note: Table made from bar graph.

Are bills of lading required?(Q&A)
December 5, 2005... Q: We are a shipper, and when we ship to our customers the freight terms are supposed to be f.o.b. origin, freight collect. I am told by my department that it takes a while to fill out a bill of lading, therefore my department does not fill one...

Tracking.(The BackPage)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... Operation Lifesaver, the folks who remind us that cars and pedestrians have yet to win a meeting with a moving train, have a new logo and Web site. They picked oli.com after ignoring our suggestion: gettheheckoffthetracks.com.

Headed.(train accidents)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... There's still time for contenders I for railroad man of the year but the man to beat as far as we are concerned is Parker T. Hall Houghtaling, who was hit on the head Nov. 18 by a commuter train in Poughkeepsie. Turns out he was also hit in the...

Quoted.(Asia Pacific Aviation )(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... The Center for Asia Pacific Aviation has hit on a great idea with its contest for the "Quote of the Year" in the airline business. They're offering $1,000 to the utterer of the top line of the year. Unfortunately, the line has to be about the...

Patrolled.(The BackPage)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... Truckers will be happy to hear that Maryland State Police have a technology that is really scaling up what officers can do from patrol cars. It's called "Project 54," a tech-sounding name to be sure, except that police took it from the old TV...

Pros.(The BackPage)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... Wondering why no one flies there, officials at the Craven County, N.C., are looking to hire a "professional air services consultant." We're saddened to see how the move to professionals in that field has debased the purity and traditions of...

Awarded.(The BackPage)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2005... There may be many reasons that the Transportation Marketing and Communications Association changed the name of its annual awards from the "Trannys" to the Compass awards. But let's just say one pretty clear reason is evident if you Google the...

Known security.(Editorial)
December 12, 2005... The Government Accountability Office gets it about half right in its recent report on aviation security, "Federal Action Needed to Strengthen Domestic Air Cargo Security." There may be gaps in the expedited supply chain, but most of them...

Seeking intermodal leadership.(Commentary)
December 12, 2005... Within the next five years, U.S. consumption is expected to increase more than $1 trillion, from $8 trillion to just over $9 trillion. This consumption increase is largely being satisfied by imports, coming mainly from China. This is one reason...

The profits for this year are in the mail.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
December 12, 2005... The profits for this year are in the mail but the U.S. Postal Service is warning that it might not deliver next year. USPS concluded fiscal 2005 with a net income of $1.4 billion on record revenue of $70 billion and record volume of 212...

New orders for manufactured goods and shipments rose to record levels in October, the U.S. Census Bureau said, growing $8.6 billion to $399.8 billion.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
December 12, 2005... New orders for manufactured goods and shipments rose to record levels in October, the U.S. Census Bureau said, growing $8.6 billion to $399.8 billion. Increased activity in the manufacturing sector also led to an improved employment picture....

Smoother peak.(This Week)(Brief Article)
December 12, 2005... Shippers and port executives are breathing a sigh of peak season relief now that the busy import season is all but closed down without any of the serious congestion and backups of previous years. The National Retail Federation and Global...

"The supply chain is narrowing ... now, everything is a mad rush.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2005... Not everyone is happy with the way shipping options are shaping up this holiday season. As FedEx and UPS were predicting record parcel volume thanks to online shopping, other transportation companies said it's getting harder than ever to...

Race for capacity: Ns's $300 million stake in 320-mile KCS line to speed intermodal traffic, accelerate east-west intermodal growth.(Cover Story)
December 12, 2005... The premium placed on railroad capacity took a quantum leap with Norfolk Southern's $300 million purchase of a 30 percent stake in a lucrative but underutilized intermodal link between the Southeast and Southwest. The deal, which the...

FMCSA flunks driving test: federal court strikes down rule on training entry-level truck drivers, supports calls for on-the-road training.(Government & Regulation)
December 12, 2005... The same federal appeals court that overturned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's hours-of-service rules last year struck down another rule from the agency this month. In a scathing decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals...

Cargo's long security line: Hawley sets no date for air cargo rule, says dogs will add to screening teams.(Government & Regulation)
December 12, 2005... Transportation Security Administrator Kip Hawley says he'll make unpredictability the hallmark of supply chain security and he's starting by offering no predictions on when long-delayed rules for the air cargo industry will be released. ...

Who's cooking pork?(Government & Regulation)(Brief Article)
December 12, 2005... Backers of highway projects have a new target for criticism as the highway spending comes under growing scrutiny: the media. The heads of the trade associations largely responsible for shaping the new highway bill are blaming what they call...

TNT will sell logistics: with others consolidating, TNT to withdraw, says it will sharpen focus on express, mail networks.(Logisctics & Technology)
December 12, 2005... The world's largest logistics companies may seem to be in a mad rush toward consolidation in 2005 but TNT, saying it is taking a clear-eyed view of the market, is going in entirely another direction. In a dramatic restructuring of one of the...

Descartes upgrades its model: software firm finds move to service model brings profits, greater stability with shippers.(Logistics & Technology)
December 12, 2005... Supply chain technology leader Descartes Systems Group is finding that joining the shipper move from software to service is more profitable than sticking with the pure software business. With an overhaul of its business apparently well...

Stonepath president adds CFO to title.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
December 12, 2005... Stonepath Group added the post of chief financial officer to the duties of President Bob Arovas, after current CFO Tom Scully resigned for reasons related to the company's relocation from Philadelphia to Seattle. Arovas joined Stonepath in...

ProLogis builds logistics base in Japan.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
December 12, 2005... ProLogis increased its stake in the Japanese logistics market, leasing more than a half-million square feet of space to businesses in Tokyo and Osaka. "We continue to be pleased with the demand we are seeing for well-situated, high-quality...

Not big enough: adding capacity at Panama will not take pressure off need to expand at West Coast ports, rails.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)
December 12, 2005... Rail shippers looking for capacity relief from a bulked up Panama Canal should look again. A new study suggests that boosting capacity at the Panama Canal probably won't ease the pressure from the growing volume of intermodal shipments...

BNSF sells new Mexico line: $76 million track sale will contribute 300 miles to commuter line from Albuquerque to Santa Fe.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation )
December 12, 2005... BNSF Railway sold 300 miles of mainline between Belen, N.M., and Trinidad, Colo. to the state of New Mexico for $76 million to create a commuter rail line. BNSF will keep freight easement rights on the line. The sale also includes the...

NS partners with equipment maker.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Brief Article)
December 12, 2005... Norfolk Southern and New York Air Brake agreed to deploy a locomotive computer system to improve the fuel efficiency and safe handling of trains in long-haul operations. NS will begin installing the technology on its locomotive fleet in 2006....

CN to spend $1.3 billion on business in 2006.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Brief Article)
December 12, 2005... Canadian National Railway will spend $1.3 billion on infrastructure and operations in 2006, an increase of 9 percent over this year. "We will make significant investments in our business next year," said CN President and CEO Hunter...

Triple-track to growth: third lane through Cajon Pass will give BNSF much-needed breathing room to move the country's freight.(Special Report: RAIL UPDATE)(Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation )
December 12, 2005... California's Cajon Pass sees billions of dollars of freight each year, with an average of 80 to 110 trains a day moving in both directions, carrying everything from tires to computers to diapers to athletic shoes. Three and sometimes four...

Beyond the holidays: NRS finds retail industry trends fueling expansion of 3PLs, outsourced services.(Transportation: Trucking)
December 12, 2005... After the holiday shopping season, retailers will eagerly count their receipts and determine whether this season was a success or something less. But a major transportation provider to the retail industry is looking further down the road. ...

Benefits pact bolsters pension fund: Central States fund gets extra $200 million a year in reallocation of 2004, 2005 fringe benefit increases.(Transportation: Trucking)
December 12, 2005... Fringe benefit increases in major labor contracts have been reallocated to bolster the troubled Central States pension fund, providing an extra $200 million a year to the multi-employer pension fund covering unionized truckers. The...

Former Dugan executive reemployed.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief Article)
December 12, 2005... Former USF Dugan Chief Operating Officer Gary M. Prudent was named senior vice president and chief financial officer at Dallas-based Frozen Food Express. Prior to joining FFEX, Pruden worked 13 years for USE which was acquired in May by...

A. Duie Pyle launches anti-freezing program.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief Article)
December 12, 2005... LTL carrier A. Duie Pyle unveiled a program to protect temperature-sensitive freight. West Chester, Pa.-based Pyle said its "Protect from Freezing" program applies to LTL and truckload freight shipments, including chemical, pharmaceutical and...

Trincon to hold driver hiring web seminar.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief Article)
December 12, 2005... Trucking consultant firm Trincon Group announced a two-part series of Web-based seminars to discuss driver hiring and retention. The seminars, led by Duff H. Swain and William Kistner, will he held Jan. 18 and 19, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. EST...